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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Gladys Huelitt Cariker of Carthage on December 13, 2022, |
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at the age of 100; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Gladys Huelitt Biggs was born to Augustus |
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Marvin Biggs Sr. and Viola Hudman Biggs in Carthage on December 21, |
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1921, and she grew up with the companionship of five siblings, |
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Augustus, Nannie, John, Minnie, and Mary; in the course of her |
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career, she was employed by the Sabine Basket Factory, the |
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Yarborough Variety Store, and the Carthage Independent School |
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District tax office, and she was a bookkeeper for the Terry Farris |
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department store, as well as a seamstress; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in her community, this esteemed woman sang in |
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the Adult Silver Tone Choir, and she was a charter member of the |
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Silver Strummers of Central Baptist Church and a valued congregant |
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of First Baptist Church; she was also a longtime member of the |
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Rebekah Lodge No. 132; in her leisure time, she enjoyed horseback |
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riding, square dancing, and traveling; and |
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WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husbands, Cary |
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Comer Chadwick, Dr. Allen Newsom Tiller, and John Allen Cariker; |
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among those left to cherish her memory are her stepsons, Allen and |
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Don Cariker, as well as her nephew, Lynn Travis Whitaker, and her |
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nieces, Carol Sue Stokes, Brenda Kay Hathaway, and Beverly Jean |
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Cordray; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Huelitt Cariker is deeply missed, those who |
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held her dear will forever remember the warmth and kindness she |
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brought into their lives; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature |
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hereby pay tribute to the memory of Gladys Huelitt Cariker and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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stepsons, Allen Cariker and his wife, Bobbie, and Don Cariker and |
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his wife, Janice; to her nephew, Lynn Travis Whitaker, and his wife, |
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Linda; to her nieces, Carol Sue Stokes and her husband, Jeff, Brenda |
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Kay Hathaway and her husband, Sammy, and Beverly Jean Cordray and |
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her husband, Wayne; and to her other relatives and many friends; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns this |
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day, it do so in memory of Huelitt Cariker. |